Chamo Surname
Approximately 12,286 people bear this surname
Chamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 9,888 | 1:2,757 | 667 |
| Bolivia | 1,290 | 1:8,230 | 979 |
| Guatemala | 260 | 1:61,856 | 2,435 |
| Botswana | 171 | 1:12,789 | 2,446 |
| Cameroon | 159 | 1:130,623 | 14,745 |
| United States | 74 | 1:4,898,094 | 251,818 |
| Brazil | 69 | 1:3,102,527 | 89,979 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Afghanistan | 31 | 1:1,037,199 | 9,747 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Lesotho | 19 | 1:106,977 | 11,319 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Chamó (2) are calculated separately.
Chamo (2,614) may also be a first name.
Chamo Demographics
Average Chamo Salary in
United States
$59,022 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamo (Hindi: चमो, Marathi: चामो, Oriya: ଚାମ, Russian: Чамо, Tibetan: ཆ་་མོ་) is found most frequently in Mozambique. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Chamó. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chamo is the 42,419th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 593,159 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Chamo reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Chamo is also the 143,742nd most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 2,614 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Mozambique, where it is held by 9,888 people, or 1 in 2,757. Aside from Mozambique this surname occurs in 56 countries. It is also found in Bolivia, where 10 percent live and Guatemala, where 2 percent live.
Chamo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chamo last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Chamo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 22.12% less than the national average, earning R 185,076 per year and in United States they earn 36.79% more than the national average, earning $59,022 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamo in the Marathi language | ||
| चामो | camo | 80 |
| चमो | camo | 20 |
| Chamo in the Hindi language | ||
| चमो | camo | 77.88 |
| चामो | camo | 20.35 |
| Chamo in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାମ | cama | 75 |
| ଚାମା | cama | 25 |
| Chamo in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆ་་མོ་ | chamo | 22.22 |
| ལྕགས་མོ། | chakmo | 22.22 |
| ལྕ་མོ། | chamo | 11.11 |
| ཕྱག་མོ། | chakmo | 11.11 |
| ཆ་མོ། | chamo | 11.11 |
| སྤྱ་མོ། | chamo | 11.11 |
| ཆ་་མོ། | chamo | 11.11 |
| Chamo in the Russian language | ||
| Чамо | camo | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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